Rural Health
Resources by Topic: Funding
Community-Initiated Care in Behavioral Health: Exploring Funding Mechanisms for Substance Use Disorders
Report explores funding options for behavioral health-focused community-initiated care (CIC) programs. Discusses CIC community partners, activities performed, and funding sources for programs to utilize. Details the characteristics of CIC programs, such as age groups and populations served, as well as prevalence in rural communities.
Date: 2026
Sponsoring organizations: Center for Financing Reform and Innovation, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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Report explores funding options for behavioral health-focused community-initiated care (CIC) programs. Discusses CIC community partners, activities performed, and funding sources for programs to utilize. Details the characteristics of CIC programs, such as age groups and populations served, as well as prevalence in rural communities.
Date: 2026
Sponsoring organizations: Center for Financing Reform and Innovation, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
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2025 Idaho Medical Education (UME) Plan
Outlines policy recommendations from the Idaho Undergraduate Medical Education Plan Working Group to address physician shortages across the state. Recommendations discuss existing and new partnerships, moving Idaho residents into and through the physician workforce pipeline, incentives for retention, and funding needs. Discusses rural throughout.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Idaho State Board of Education Undergraduate Medical Education Plan Working Group
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Outlines policy recommendations from the Idaho Undergraduate Medical Education Plan Working Group to address physician shortages across the state. Recommendations discuss existing and new partnerships, moving Idaho residents into and through the physician workforce pipeline, incentives for retention, and funding needs. Discusses rural throughout.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Idaho State Board of Education Undergraduate Medical Education Plan Working Group
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Access to Capital for Rural Hospitals
Policy brief discussing the importance of rural hospitals having access to capital funding. Discusses previous federal efforts to improve access to capital and common types of capital used for healthcare projects. Offers policy recommendations for improving rural hospitals' access to capital for facility improvements.
Author(s): Britton Herbert, Lauren LaPine-Ray, Mat Slaybaugh
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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Policy brief discussing the importance of rural hospitals having access to capital funding. Discusses previous federal efforts to improve access to capital and common types of capital used for healthcare projects. Offers policy recommendations for improving rural hospitals' access to capital for facility improvements.
Author(s): Britton Herbert, Lauren LaPine-Ray, Mat Slaybaugh
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: National Rural Health Association
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Rural Health Transformation 50 State Spotlights
Summarizes the goals and key themes of each state's Rural Health Transformation Program application. Highlights select initiatives, expected impact of the program, and related state policy actions.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Summarizes the goals and key themes of each state's Rural Health Transformation Program application. Highlights select initiatives, expected impact of the program, and related state policy actions.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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RHT Program State Project Abstracts
Presents the one-page project abstracts submitted by each state as part of their applications for the Rural Health Transformation Program.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Presents the one-page project abstracts submitted by each state as part of their applications for the Rural Health Transformation Program.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
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Awakening the Seeds In Native Youth: Native Farm to School Evaluation Report
Discusses the Native Farm to School project, a food systems initiative that supports tribal communities in integrating sustainable cultural practices, land stewardship, and traditional foods into their local Indigenous food systems. Provides details on a 2023-2025 USDA-FNS and Newman's Own Foundation grant that enabled 16 tribal communities across the U.S. to revitalize their food systems through school programming and community partnerships.
Author(s): Leah Simeon, Richard Elm-Hill, Cetan Christensen, et al.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: First Nations Development Institute
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Discusses the Native Farm to School project, a food systems initiative that supports tribal communities in integrating sustainable cultural practices, land stewardship, and traditional foods into their local Indigenous food systems. Provides details on a 2023-2025 USDA-FNS and Newman's Own Foundation grant that enabled 16 tribal communities across the U.S. to revitalize their food systems through school programming and community partnerships.
Author(s): Leah Simeon, Richard Elm-Hill, Cetan Christensen, et al.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: First Nations Development Institute
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Analysis of the Rural Health Transformation Program
Examines the Rural Health Transportation Program's (RHTP) impacts on rural health funding by state characteristics. Includes data on factors including funding provided per rural inhabitant by state-level rural mortality rate, rural population, estimated loss of funding resulting from Medicaid spending reductions, and more.
Author(s): Paula Chatterjee, Rachel M. Werner
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
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Examines the Rural Health Transportation Program's (RHTP) impacts on rural health funding by state characteristics. Includes data on factors including funding provided per rural inhabitant by state-level rural mortality rate, rural population, estimated loss of funding resulting from Medicaid spending reductions, and more.
Author(s): Paula Chatterjee, Rachel M. Werner
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics
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SBA's Rural Activities
Describes the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) programs targeting rural small businesses. Discusses how SBA coordinates with the U.S. Department of Agriculture on rural small business issues, the history of the SBA Office of Rural Affairs, and considerations for Congress.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Congressional Research Service
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Describes the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) programs targeting rural small businesses. Discusses how SBA coordinates with the U.S. Department of Agriculture on rural small business issues, the history of the SBA Office of Rural Affairs, and considerations for Congress.
Date: 12/2025
Sponsoring organization: Congressional Research Service
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NIOSH Extramural Research and Training Program: Annual Report of Fiscal Year 2023
Highlights the work of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Extramural Research and Training Program in fiscal year 2023 including funding distribution, research activity, and more. Includes information on the work of the Centers for Agricultural Safety and Health.
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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Highlights the work of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Extramural Research and Training Program in fiscal year 2023 including funding distribution, research activity, and more. Includes information on the work of the Centers for Agricultural Safety and Health.
Date: 11/2025
Sponsoring organization: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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Mapping Community Capacity to Reduce Vulnerability to Wildfire in Colorado, USA
Describes wildfire mitigation practices and the capacity of Colorado communities to conduct those projects relative to their wildfire risk. Discusses indicators of capacity in human, economic, natural, and social categories. Highlights the role of funding in determining community capacity.
Author(s): Karissa Courtney, Federico Holm, Jennifer Brousseau, et al.
Date: 11/2025
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Describes wildfire mitigation practices and the capacity of Colorado communities to conduct those projects relative to their wildfire risk. Discusses indicators of capacity in human, economic, natural, and social categories. Highlights the role of funding in determining community capacity.
Author(s): Karissa Courtney, Federico Holm, Jennifer Brousseau, et al.
Date: 11/2025
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